Book Reviews
Book News Week 8
*contains affiliate links* Book News week 8 – 19 February – 25 February 2024 Uncrowned: Royal Heirs Who Didn’t Take the Throne Hardcover – 20 February 2024 (US)
Year: 2024
Luxembourg
Taking a look at Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg
Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg was born on 17 February 1954 as the daughter of Jean, the then Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. She was their eldest daughter, and four more siblings, Henri (born 1955), Jean (born 1957), Margaretha (born 1957) and Guillaume (born 1963), followed. Embed from Getty Images [read more]
Margaret of Austria (1536-1567)
Margaret of Austria – The ailing Archduchess
Margaret of Austria was born on 16 February 1536 as the daughter of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. She was their ninth child and seventh daughter. She was born in Innsbruck. Alongside her sisters Helena and Magdelena, she expressed the wish to stay unmarried. Nevertheless, when Margaret [read more]
Amytis Shahbanu
Amytis Shahbanu – The aunt and first Queen to Cyrus the Great of the Persian Empire
[Not to be confused with her aunt, Queen Amytis of Babylon] Amytis Shahbanu was the first Persian Queen of the Achaemenid dynasty. She was the daughter of the last Median king, Astyages. King Astyages was defeated by his grandson, King Cyrus the Great. In order to legitimately procure Media, King Cyrus the Great had to [read more]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Raised to Rule: Educating Royalty at the Court of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1601-1634 by Martha K. Hoffman
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Raised to Rule: Educating Royalty at the Court of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1601-1634 by Martha K. Hoffman focuses on the children of King Philip III of Spain and his wife, Margaret of Austria. They had five children who survived to adulthood and three children who died young. Their eldest daughter, [read more]
Book News
Book News Week 7
*contains affiliate links* Book news week 7: 12 February – 18 February 2024 My Mother and I Kindle – 15 February 2024 (US) Pomp and Piety: Everyday Life of the Aristocracy in Stuart England Hardcover – 13 February 2024 (US) My Years with the Queen: and Other Stories Hardcover – 15 February 2024 (UK) Queens [read more]